Fowl nest



April 18, 1933. H, H. WAGNER 'ET AL 1,904,809

FOWL NEST Fi led April 19, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Ema/WW9 ZHenrqH Wagner /ldl'ledl- Wagner April 18, 1933. H. H. WAGNER ET AL FOWL NEST Filed April 19, 1952 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Apr. 18, 1933 1 Units s r m s.

ononn-rnmn TO o En'wiaAY, or nickname, ,Mrssooiu-Q FOWL NEST w a Application filed April 19,

This invention relates to fowl nests and the object of the invention is to provide a novel arrangement and construction whereby eggs may be automatically transferred 5 from the nest box; to a storage cabinet as soon as they are deposited in the nest box, all as will be hereinafter more'fully described and claimed. v

Referring to the accompanying drawings 10 which are made a parthereof and on which similar reference characters indicate sim- -ilar parts, V p Y F igurelis affrontf'view incelevation of the device with the cover on" the Storage cabinet removed, i ii Figure 2, a plan view of ing the nest covers in section,

Figure 3, a section onnliner33 of Figure '1, and

and 5'5, respectively, of Figure 3.

In the drawings reference character 10 indicates a framework supported by the legs 11 at each corner and having a plurality of as nest boxes 12 mounted thereon." Each nest box is provided with a flexible bottom '13 and a removable cover 14. V The bottom is preferably formed of canvas and the cover of sheet metal. A door 16 formed of a plurality of slots 17 is hinged at 18 to the frame-work 10 serving as a closure for the nests at night and as a perch during the day for the fowls to use in entering the, nest boxes. v i

The legs 11 of the device are connected by the cross members 19 and 20 to which the members 21 are secured below and on each side of the bottom ofthe nests iThe 'mem-f bers 21 serve-as supports for the rods 22. An arm 23 is securedat one end to the cen ter of each of the rods 22 and is' p'ro'vided with a dipper or receptacle 24; havi1ig its outer end open fixed to the other end thereof. A similar arm 25 issecured .to one end of the rod22 and is provided with a counter weight 26 thereon which normally holds the,

receptacle24 against the bottom of the nest.

An opening 27 is provided in the bottom of the nest of a size which is sufliciently large to allow an egg to fall into the receptacle.

the device, show- Y Figures 4 and 5 are sections on' lines 1932. Seria1 No.' 606,136.

1 A cross-member 28isfixed to th'elegsill below themember 20 serving as a' support for the lower end ofan inclined chute 29, theother end ,is supported by the inember 19 and positioned between the members 21. The; chute 29 consists of the side members 30 providedxwith a CithVfitSqbOttOIlI 31 and I the metal bars 32 extending below and' across i the canvas." The lowerendof'the bottom 7 throughwhichanjegg canipass, A canvas incline 34 isi'secured: o'nthe low side ofthe of the chute is providedwithan opening 33 opening and serves asza bufl'er ;to preventbreaking thei'egg in its travel-kjdown thel Therchute29 is connected to apassage 35 formed onthe top" and at the back of thef inclined storage cabinet 36, one end of the I v cabinet is secured to and; s'upported'byithe cross-member '-28 and the lower end by the; straps or hangers T 37 ,to the: framework 10 The bottom ofthestorage cabinet is sloped toward the ;;front and is divided 'into. a

plurality of compartments 38 by means, of

the W1IeS;,39 fS8C11I1d"at the back and to the bottom of the cabinet asshown in Figure.

5. The storagefcabinet isprovidedwithj a 1 cover 40, hinged at 41 and-,the passage" 35 is also provided with'a'coverj42hinged at; 43. The cover is of such a length asito leave anopening at the top end; of the:pas-

sage 35, in'communication with the opening 33. This portion oflthe passage is provided with an inclined i canvas bufl'er j/H which checks the fallof thegie'gg' leaving theopen then storage cabinet {36 by a seriesof overlapping flflaps. 4:5,;- one'gfbeing provided for 'each'pco'mpartmentl' Each flap f-is mounted,

on fa} transversely positioned rod Ior, pin 46,

the rod or pin jbeing slightl'y ofiifcenter. -:The

side 0f the adjacent, higher flap,-*thus forming'abottom forthe passage 35;"

Suitable cushioningmaterial maybe used 7 at suehpointsin the construction asrnecesshown in Figurel, the egg is deposited in the nest box and passes through the opening 27 into the receptacle 24. The weight of the egg overbalances the w-eight'26 and causes the receptacle to be forced downward when the egg .is then deposited in the inclined chute 29. The receptacle being counter-balanced returns to its original position. The egg rolls down the" chute and out through the opening 33 into the passage The egg continues to' roll down the:

. passage 35 over the'flaps and when it strikes the last flap, the weight of the egg causes the flap to tip allowing the egg toeration, simple in construction and may be manufactured verycheaply. By use of this device the eggs may be kept in a clean, fresh and sanitary condition and may be'readily collected with less effort on the part of the person collecting the eggs. 4 r

It will be obvious to thoseskilled in the art that various changes may be made in my device Without departing from the spirit of the invention and therefore we do not Car limit ourselves to what is shown in the drawings and described'in the specification, but only as indicated by the appended claims. I

Having thus fullydescr'ibed our said invention, what we claim as new'and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a device of the kind described comprising a nest and an inclined chute, an

egg storage cabinet having an upper portion forming a passageway, a lower portion and a series of pivoted flaps separating said passageway from the lower portion of said cabinet, said lower portion being provided with transverse means dividing said portion ing provided with transverse partitions dividing said portion into a plurality of compartments, said cabinet sloping longitudinally and laterally to cause an egg to roll longitudinally in said passageway into the lowermost empty compartment, then laterally insaid compartment, substantially as set forth. r

3. Ina device of the kind described com prising a nest and an inclined chute, an egg storage cabinet having an upper portion forming a passageway, a, lower portion and a series of flaps pivotedon transverse axes separating said passageway from the lower portion of said cabinet, said lower portion being provided with transverse partitions dividing said portion into a pluralityofcompartments, said cabinet sloping longitudinally and laterally to cause an egg to roll longitudinally in said passageway into the lowermost empty compartment, then laterally in said compartment, substantially as set forth l In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands at Pickering, Missouri, this 9th daywof Aprih A. VD; nineteen hundred and thirty-two. HENRY H. WAGNER.

*CHARLES L. WAGNER.

into a plurality of compartments, saidcabinet sloping longitudinally and laterally to caus'e an eggto roll longitudinally in said passageway into the lowermost emptycompartment, then laterally in said compartment, substantially as set forth.

2. In a device of the kind described comprising a nest and an inclined chute, an

egg storage cabinet having an upper portion forming a passageway, a lower portion and a series of overlapping pivoted flaps separating said passageway from the lower portion ofsaid cabinet, said lower portion be 

